As always, follow the money... It turns out that Hamas closed the banks intentionally — in order to prevent Fatah members who used to work for the Palestinian Authority from collecting their monthly salaries, as long as 44,000 former Hamas government clerks are not receiving their money from the PA. If the branches remain closed, it means that it will not be possible to carry out bank transfers, to withdraw cash, or to order goods (by transferring money). Which means that a Gazan merchant who wants to order goods from Israel will not be able to transfer money to his suppliers on the other side of the border. And one doesn’t need to be a fortune teller to understand that in another week, more or less, the inventory of goods in Gaza will be drained. However you want to put it, Hamas is intentionally trying to create a humanitarian crisis. It wants to intensify the distress in order to bring international pressure on Israel.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 12:39:54 +0000
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